The fire department responded to a call at 12:51 a.m. on a fire at the abandoned Timber Ridge Apartments at 825 Cherry Avenue, according to a fire dispatcher. It took firefighters 90 minutes to subdue the blaze. Firefighters also got a call about 3 a.m. on a fire at an abandoned home at 4216 Terrace S in Ensley. It took firefighters 13 minutes to get that blaze under control.

Birmingham firefighters received another call at 4:52 a.m. of a fire at 2919 Avenue S in Ensley. It took about an hour to bring that blaze under control. It is not known at this time whether the house was abandoned.

The fires are the latest in the outbreak a rash of blazes. Six fires were set at abandoned buildings on the western side of Birmingham between 8:30 p.m. and 7:26 a.m. on Thursday and Friday. Fire officials suspect arson.

Anyone with information about the fires is being asked to call Birmingham's Fire Prevention Bureau at 250-7540.